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St Peter South Elmham

St Peter South Elmham

Human settlement in England

St Peter South Elmham is a village and civil parish in the north of the English county of Suffolk. It is around 3 miles (4.8 km) south of the market town of Bungay in the East Suffolk district. It is one of the villages surrounding Bungay which make up the area known as The Saints.[3]

Quick Facts Area, Population ...

The parish is sparsely populated with an estimated population in 2005 of around 40.[lower-alpha 1][2][5] It borders the parishes of St Margaret South Elmham, St Michael South Elmham, All Saints and St Nicholas South Elmham, Ilketshall St Margaret and Flixton.[4] The parish council operates jointly with All Saints and St Nicholas and St Michael.[3]

History

The parish is believed to be part of the land given by Sigeberht of East Anglia, the ruler of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of East Anglia to Felix of Burgundy during the 7th-century.[1] At the Domesday survey in 1086, St Peter was included as part of the area recorded as South Elmham in Wangford Hundred. A population of 108 households was recorded.[6] By the early 12th-century, the land was held by the Bishop of Norwich, before being seized during the Dissolution of the Monasteries and transferred to Edward North, 1st Baron North in 1535.[1]

By the late 16th century the Tasburgh family from the Flixton area had become dominant in the parish. The parish has always been sparsely populated, reaching a population of 129 in the 1801 census, but falling to below 100 by 1851 and below 50 by 1951.[1]

Culture and community

There are no local services other than the parish church, which is dedicated to St Peter. This dates from the 12th century and is a Grade II* listed building.[1][7][8] Two former public houses are known to have operated in the village; both are believed to have closed by 1927.[9][10]

St Peter's Hall, a moated Grade II* listed manor house with elements from the 13th century, is the location of St. Peter's Brewery, founded in 1996 on the site.[3][11][12][13] It was the home of the Tasburgh family, a prominent local family.[14] The brewery operates a public bar and restaurant on the site during the summer months.[15] Businessman and former Formula One Group chief executive Bernie Ecclestone was born in the parish at a property close to the church, now called Hawk House and formerly one of the pubs in the village.[16]

Notes

  1. 2011 United Kingdom census population data does not report population figures for parishes where the population is small enough to potential identify individuals. As a result no population figure is available for St Peter South Elmham at the census,[4] although it is likely to have fallen from this figure.

References

  1. [1]
    South Elmham St. Peter, Suffolk Heritage Explorer, Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
  2. [2]
    Estimates of Total Population of Areas in Suffolk, Suffolk County Council, 2007-05-01. Retrieved 2021-02-23. (Archived, 2008-12-19.)
  3. [3]
    All Saints & St. Nicholas, St Michael and St Peter, South Elmham, Healthy Suffolk, 2016. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
  4. [4]
    Village profile: St Peter South Elmham, East Suffolk District Council, 2019. Retrieved 2020-02-23.
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    St Peter South Elmham, Suffolk Pubs, The Campaign for Real Ale. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
  6. [6]
    (South) Elmham (All Saints, St Cross, St James, St Margaret, St Michael, St Nicholas and St Peter), Open Domesday. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
  7. [7]
    Knott S (2008) St Peter, South Elmham St Peter, Suffolk Churches. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
  8. [8]
    Church of St Peter, List entry, Historic England. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
  9. [9]
    Hawk, Suffolk Pubs, The Campaign for Real Ale. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
  10. [10]
    Duke of Marlborough, Suffolk Pubs, The Campaign for Real Ale. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
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    About St Peter's Hall & Restaurant, St. Peter's Brewery. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
  12. [12]
    St Peter's Hall, List entry, Historic England. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
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    St Peter's Brewery, Suffolk Pubs, The Campaign for Real Ale. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
  14. [14]
    Suckling AI (1846) 'South Elmham, St Peter', in The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk: Volume 1, pp.229–232. Ipswich: WS Crowell. (Available online at British History Online. Retrieved 2021-02-23.)
  15. [15]
    St Peter's Hall, Suffolk Pubs, The Campaign for Real Ale. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
  16. [16]
    Russell S (2011) Bernie Ecclestone: from rural Suffolk to the throne of Formula One, East Anglian Daily Times, 2011-03-11. Retrieved 2021-02-23.


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